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my foraging diary
- Thread starter willow and squiggles
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willow and squiggles
Mama Doe
kara i was laughing my head off at your diagram, especially wonda and the cow. Mighty max thats a brill idea, better than any photo album or book when you have the real thing to look at. I never brought any of the alkanet home so im going to go back and get some for the buns to try. Its great seeming pics of things i havent found yet so if i do find them i will know what they are lol..
Kara
Warren Veteran
Could Kara's first pic be Fennel? If it is is will smell of aniseed. My rabbits like Fennel.
The second one, yes, I think is Horsetail. I have (fortunately) no experience of this either as a weed or a rabbit food :lol.
I broke some open and sniffed it, deffo not fennel, we grow it for them at home so I'd recognise the smell, there is some here in another patch though!
Kara I'm wondering if your first plant could be wild asparagus? It looks possible.
Kara
Warren Veteran
Oooooooh! I'm going to go and look at it again later :thumb:
MightyMax
Banned
It was a 'spur of the moment' thing at Twigs' house. I had a hard back notebook to write stuff down, but I ended up putting specimens in it, each on a page, and naming them.
Only problem was that the book soon got very fat (Twigs covered an awful lot of stuff :shock
and I had to keep sitting on the book to 'press' the specimens in :lol:What's this please?
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I think this is a Bedstraw, possibly Crosswort. I've not come across it before. It's unusual
. It looks as though that could be it in my book though.I'm sorry, I've no idea what the tall thing in your garden is. Does it flower?
joey&boo
Wise Old Thumper
I think this is a Bedstraw, possibly Crosswort. I've not come across it before. It's unusual
I'm sorry, I've no idea what the tall thing in your garden is. Does it flower?
thanks Omi. Not sure if it flowers, I can't remember it from last year. Thanks for the Bedstraw / Crosswort ID. Typical of me to photo something obscure. I wonder if it is bunny safe :?
It possibly isn't obscure. I haven't seen it before though
Perhaps it grows more freely up where you are. Anyway, IF the ID is correct, it seems that it is rabbit safe. Several sites had it listed as safe (so it can't be that obscure :lol, including this:http://forums.rabbitrehome.org.uk/showthread.php?217434-Rabbit-Foods-Whats-Safe-and-Whats-Dangerous
ETA posted before I saw your latest post.
Well I am surprised, but apparently sweet peas are poisonous :shock: http://www.therabbithouse.com/blog/2012/02/29/rabbit-safe-flowers-annuals/
According to the RWAF normal pea shoots are safe. They also say swede is safe and whilst I guess they are meaning the actual swede, I would have thought that if the leaves were unsafe they would have said so. If it were me though I don't think I would take the risk.
Kara
Warren Veteran
The sweet peas surprises me too - typically I have grown them this year & they are doing well :lol:
Fab re pee shoots, I'll nip some off as they have gone crazy :lol:
I'll assume not safe.... again a shame as we've got 20 odd swedes growing :lol:
I'll stick to the foraging :lol:
MightyMax
Banned
Do you (humans) eat the swede leaves? We don't eat tomato leaves so maybe if *we* eat swede leaves it's an indicator?
